The 43-year-old victim told police she was walking near a gas station at Plymouth Road and Appoline Street on the city's west side when she was approached by a man who placed a gun to her head and ordered her into a small beige car.

The woman was driven a short distance away, beaten about the face, stripped and burned with a blow torch, according to Detroit police.

Despite burns to her feet, she escaped after getting her hands on a screw driver and stabbing the man in the eye, the victim told police.

"It was the victim's unwavering desire to survive that gave her the strength to overcome her attacker," Detroit police announced in a statement after the arraignment. "Throughout the investigative process the victim remained stead fast in her sense of duty to ensure that this criminal was taken off the streets, ending his rein of terror for all women in and around the city of Detroit."

Neely, 23, of Detroit, was arrested Friday on charges of torture, unlawful imprisonment, assault with intent to maim, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct, felon in possession of a firearm and felony firearm.

He was arraigned Saturday and is being held without bond, according to Detroit police.

The suspect and victim, both of Detroit, did not know each other, according to the prosecutor's office.